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[-] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 223 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

"Endorsement" meaning the ~~25~~ 45 million a month to a PAC...

How the fuck are we not going after them for this?

The PAC system is incredibly fucked, but outside of a handful of progressives no politicians want to admit it's legal bribery

[-] big_slap@lemmy.world 53 points 3 months ago

maybe this is the straw that breaks the camels back. hoping this admission changes things

[-] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 30 points 3 months ago

It won't.

Biden inherited the HVF, and called it the BVF but it did the same thing.

A big part of the discussion of Kamala taking over, was if she got the BVF.

I don't know what she's calling it now, but she has it.

It's the thing Hillary did that took all the money from state parties, that coordinated with the DNC during the primary. Giant shit show.

https://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/dnc-leak-clinton-team-deflected-state-cash-concerns-226191

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/donors-can-now-give-620600-to-biden-and-dnc-expanding-democratic-big-money-fundraising/2020/05/16/d2bf51cc-978a-11ea-82b4-c8db161ff6e5_story.html

https://www.npr.org/2024/07/23/g-s1-12807/harris-biden-fec-campaign-finance

Neither party will do shit about it, because they all benefit from it

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-64-million-mystery-anonymous-donations-2024-presidential-campaign/

[-] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

Democracy™️

[-] nutsack@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)
[-] big_slap@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

nope. I lfeel like I've read a lot of news headlines recently that lean towards my political bias. I was feeling the blue wave for a bit before I snapped back to reality lol

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